Introduction and Question: My question was; which bird feeder will be emptied more quickly, red or green? I chose this because I wondered if the birds would prefer one or the other or if color would make no difference.
Hypothesis: I think the green one will be emptied more quickly as the red could be interpreted as a danger sign.
Variables: The independent variables were; the kind of seed, the location, and the distance the bird feeders were from each other. Dependent variables; the weather, and if the birds would be attracted to my feeders at all.
Materials: Two bird feeders - one red and one green. (If you cannot find these colors you can tape one/both with red/green tape) and bird seed.
Methods: The bird feeders I got were both red, so I taped over it with green tape. Then I filled them both with the bird seed and hung them up a few inches apart on a tree. Every few days I checked on them and sometimes took pictures. (Every few days ended up being like every 2 weeks)
Graph:
Results: At first the birds mostly just ate from the red feeder, but after a few weeks they contained about the same amount of bird seed. I noticed that when the weather was not rainy the red one had a lot less, however when it rained for a while they seemed to even out. Another thing was that the seeds started to sprout into little smushed plants after it rained a lot. Apparently birds are attracted to bright colors, gravitating towards the red feeder and didn’t notice the green one until later.
Discussion: The results from this experiment did not support my hypothesis. First the birds mostly ate seed from the red feeder then, later, they evened out. The weather could have made the birds not eat from the bird feeders, however even though it rained a lot the amount of seeds still went down. My cats could have scared them away, but this didn’t seem to occur. The location could have affected how much/ little the birds ate from my feeders. I wonder how the birds would have reacted to different colored bird seed rather than different colored bird feeders.
Here are six pictures to show the contrast.(Sorry that they're upside down/ sideways.)
My question was; which bird feeder will be emptied more quickly, red or green? I chose this because I wondered if the birds would prefer one or the other or if color would make no difference.
Hypothesis:
I think the green one will be emptied more quickly as the red could be interpreted as a danger sign.
Variables:
The independent variables were; the kind of seed, the location, and the distance the bird feeders were from each other. Dependent variables; the weather, and if the birds would be attracted to my feeders at all.
Materials:
Two bird feeders - one red and one green. (If you cannot find these colors you can tape one/both with red/green tape) and bird seed.
Methods:
The bird feeders I got were both red, so I taped over it with green tape. Then I filled them both with the bird seed and hung them up a few inches apart on a tree. Every few days I checked on them and sometimes took pictures. (Every few days ended up being like every 2 weeks)
Graph:
Results:
At first the birds mostly just ate from the red feeder, but after a few weeks they contained about the same amount of bird seed. I noticed that when the weather was not rainy the red one had a lot less, however when it rained for a while they seemed to even out. Another thing was that the seeds started to sprout into little smushed plants after it rained a lot. Apparently birds are attracted to bright colors, gravitating towards the red feeder and didn’t notice the green one until later.
Discussion:
The results from this experiment did not support my hypothesis. First the birds mostly ate seed from the red feeder then, later, they evened out. The weather could have made the birds not eat from the bird feeders, however even though it rained a lot the amount of seeds still went down. My cats could have scared them away, but this didn’t seem to occur. The location could have affected how much/ little the birds ate from my feeders. I wonder how the birds would have reacted to different colored bird seed rather than different colored bird feeders.
Here are six pictures to show the contrast.(Sorry that they're upside down/ sideways.)
After 15 days:
After 31 days:
The link to my report:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YHm5g1pQseOb-EIjGTzfA75KRGx6xR4uQZGtKl7RK5A/edit